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Zika
[ zee-kuh ]
noun
- Zika fever,. an illness caused by a chiefly mosquito-borne virus of the genus Flavivirus , typically characterized by mild fever, rash, and joint pain.
- the virus that causes this illness; Zika virus.
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Investigators believe the strategy may also be effective in preventing other mosquito-borne viral diseases, including Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.
Zika virus, linked to devastating neurological disorders, made its way to Florida in 2016, causing further alarm.
They feed almost exclusively on humans, and can transmit Zika and Dengue viruses.
By 2017, Weissman’s lab had shown how to vaccinate mice and monkeys against the Zika virus using messenger RNA, an effort that soon won funding from BioNTech.
More recently, for example, scientists considered intentionally infecting volunteers with the Zika virus to test vaccines against that disease, but ultimately decided they didn’t have enough data to justify the risk.
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